Environmental Health and Safety

PPE is designed to protect employees from serious workplace injury or illness resulting from contact with chemical, radiological, physical, electrical, mechanical, or other workplace hazards that cannot be eliminated. PPE is a supplementary form of protection when hazards have not been controlled through engineering or administrative controls. PPE includes a variety of garments and equipment such as goggles, coveralls, gloves, vests, earplugs, and respirators. PPE, when used properly, protects against hazards but does not eliminate them. Individual standards may require specific PPE.

How do I...?

• Select and use PPE?
• Choose an OSU Lab Coat

Documents

• SAF 202: Personal Protective Equipment
• “Dust Mask” (filtering face piece respirator) Comfort Use Only Forms
• Eye and Face Protection
• Glove Use
• Head Protection (Hard Hats)
• Hearing Conservation
• How to use Hearing Protection
• Pesticide use and PPE
• Safety Footwear Program
  • Shoe Request and Authorization Form
• Safety Glasses Prescription Program (ONID Required)
  • Prescription Safety Glasses Request and Authorization Form

Training

OR-OSHA
Personal Protective Equipment – certificate of completion available through OR-OSHA

Additional Resources

OR-OSHA
Personal Protective Equipment website
Fact Sheet: Personal Protective Equipment

SAIF
Personal Protective Equipment website

Grainger
Quick Tips Technical Resources – This site provides hundreds of FREE articles, organized by topic, to help you make informed decisions about a variety of safety issues in your everyday workplace.